Holy Roman Empire

Clearly, Skybrew was a qualified Secretary of War.Appropriate use of rhetorical techniques emphasized the strength gap between the two sides.

If it is a passionate young man, maybe he has already tried his best to raise funds for the army by now.

It's a pity that all those present are veterans of the political arena.The British Army has not kept up with the times, not once or twice.After a lot of experience, everyone will gradually get used to it.

Every improvement of the British Army was forced out by external pressure, generally speaking, when it was severely beaten by society.

For example: After the defeat of the First Near East War and the South African War, the British Army gained a short golden period of development.

When politicians came out of the shadow of failure, they immediately changed their faces.Rather waste money on the navy than spend an extra penny on the army.

In this context, Skye Brewer naturally had to make a quick turn around.While everyone is still immersed in the film, before they come back to their senses, finalize the results in advance to create established facts.

Foreign Secretary Cameron: "Don't worry, sir. We have bought back the samples, and it won't be long before we can achieve localization.

But the hands of the Austrians are really black. Airplanes are sold at a price of [-], and tanks and armored vehicles are directly packaged at [-].

Except for a small amount of technology that needs to be researched by enterprises, the rest will be equipped to the troops. The pilots, tanks, and armored divisions you want are all available. "

Relying on the help of competitors to increase the establishment, no one would dare to believe it, but all this really happened.

As an old-school industrial power, Britain's technology is not bad. Although it fell behind in the second industrial revolution, British companies can still manufacture these equipment.

It's just that this requires a lot of research and development time and a lot of money.

The problem is that everyone knows that the British Army is poor, and the cost of aircraft and tanks is tens of thousands. Even if these equipment are produced, the Army cannot purchase them in large quantities.

If the army does not purchase, the colonial army will not be able to afford it.There is no market in China, and it is also difficult to get orders because of the competition from Shinra internationally.

It cost a lot of money to get the product out, and the final sales volume was only three digits.Maybe even the cost of research and development will not be recovered.

Capital is profit-seeking, and without sufficient profits, British military enterprises naturally lack motivation.Although related technical research is also being carried out, the intensity of investment is completely incomparable.

But at the national level, Britain cannot do without these advanced equipment.Even if it may not be used on the battlefield, it must be available.

This is related to the face of the empire on which the sun never sets. As the hegemon of the world, any weapon that can support the scene and shock people's hearts must be possessed.

Not only have it, but also be able to make it yourself.If enterprises are unwilling to do so, the government must create conditions for them and help them achieve technological breakthroughs.

After all, the small days of military industrial enterprises in peaceful times were very ordinary, and cost must be strictly controlled in order to maintain profitability.

If it wasn't for the government's request, it is estimated that many military enterprises would cut off the R&D and production departments of army equipment.

Congress keeps a close eye on large orders and cannot give them.However, it is still possible to provide sample models to allow companies to reverse the technology and help them save R&D costs.

This is also the reason why the British government ordered it immediately after discovering that the Vienna government was conducting a big arms sale.

Although the price seems a bit expensive, considering the technical premium, it is actually very cost-effective.

Pilot divisions, tank divisions, and armored divisions are all the dreams of the Army, but Skyblue is not happy.There is no way, and the key issue still comes back to military spending.

The technical arms are not as cheap as the infantry. These flight divisions, tank divisions, and armored divisions are combined, and it is estimated that less than half of the military expenditure of the army is gone.

If there is no increase in financial allocations, how will other troops live?

Just as Skyblue was thinking about how to persuade everyone to increase military spending, Prime Minister Robert Cecil made up for it again.

"With the addition of the pilot division and the previous airship force, our air power has greatly increased. It seems inappropriate to continue to stay in the army.

On this issue, we can learn from the successful experience of the Holy Roman Empire and set up a new military branch to manage these air forces. "

Hearing this bad news, Skye Blue immediately changed his expression greatly.

Swap an airship unit for an armored unit, and it seems pretty much the same.In fact, the benefits hidden behind this are huge.

The army is weak at first, if another air force comes out to grab resources, Skyblue doesn't know how to live in the future.

After all, the Royal Navy is too powerful, and the flying troops are independent, and they have no ability to compete with them for military expenses.The only thing that can be grabbed is the army's share of military expenditure.

Coupled with the fact that Britain has always had a fine tradition of suppressing the army, Skyblue instantly felt that "the future is not bright."

It's not that Skyblue, who was born as a civil servant, really has a deep affection for the Army. The problem is that he is now the Secretary of the Army.

If you can't fight for the rights and interests of the army, how can you get the support of the military?

A minister of war without the support of the military is destined to be unstable.It is estimated that the day when the Air Force was established was when he resigned and left.

Skyblue looked at Prime Minister Robert Cecil resentfully, as if to say: We are political allies, do you cheat your teammates like this?

Perhaps because he realized that the appearance was ugly and was not conducive to the unity of the leadership team, Prime Minister Robert Cecil immediately added: "Considering the actual situation, it is too abrupt to directly establish the Air Force at once, and I am afraid that many people will not accept it.

In a short period of time, the Air Force is still under the Ministry of War.It's just that the flying force must establish an independent leadership to prepare for future splits. "

This supplement made Skyblue's expression slightly calm, but the dissatisfaction still hung on his face.Obviously, the prime minister has made up his mind to break up the army.

It can be seen from the calm expressions on the faces of everyone present that obviously they have communicated about this matter beforehand, and the Minister of War, Skybrough, is the last to know.

"Your Excellency, this is too obvious. If an independent leadership team is formed, everyone will know that the government will split up the army.

The air force of the Holy Roman Empire was based on aircraft, and not all airship units were included in the air force, and a considerable part of the airship remained in the army.

As the country with the most experience in using air power, the Holy Roman Empire must have their reasons for doing so.

Since we want to learn from their successful experiences, we must learn from them in an all-round way, not just the superficial aspects.

The newly purchased aircraft were directly reorganized into a pilot division and designated as a unit directly under the Ministry of War.It will neither arouse suspicion from the outside world nor affect future splitting work. "

His arms can't hold back his thighs, and he can't accept the reality if he doesn't want to. What Skyblue can do now is to fight for the rights and interests of the army as much as possible.

If it is in Congress, or in public, Skye Brew will definitely fight for the case.But in a high-level meeting attended by only a few people, there is no need to continue to put on a show.

A big man has the bearing of a big man, and the quarrels with red faces are mostly for outsiders to see.

They belonged to the same political party, and they were all political allies in the first place. If they were constantly fighting and slapping the table, then this group would not be able to continue playing.

In fact, since Franz took the lead in establishing the army, navy and air force, many countries have followed him.There is also a voice within the British government that supports emulation.

As a wise man, Skyblue can see the benefits of the independence of the three armed forces at a glance.But as Secretary of State for the Army, he did not want this to happen during his tenure.

Chapter 44 "Entrepreneurs" VS "Moths"

Franz was not disappointed by failing to break the rhythm of the British, which was expected.

If the British followed up after prodding, it would not be John Bull.It's almost the same after changing the navy. No matter how exciting the army equipment is, the British will not be blind.

Just like an exam.If you are a scumbag and you are at the bottom all year round, then no matter whether you score 1 or [-] in the No. [-] test, you will not feel much.

Conversely, if you are a top student and dominate the rankings all year round, and suddenly someone rushes ahead of you, even if you are only half a point ahead, you will want to overtake and come back.

The current situation is obvious. The British are scumbags in the army and masters in the navy.

No matter how shocking Franz's military parade was, it was the performance of the army. No matter how much it stimulated the British government, it would not think of an army arms race with the Holy Roman Empire.

Not only the British don't have that idea, no country in the world has the courage to play an army arms race with the Holy Roman Empire at this time.

From the moment of France's decline, there has been a cliff-like differentiation in the armaments of the global army.

The Holy Roman Empire is thriving, leading far ahead, and the pursuers behind cannot even be seen.

Competitor?

Unless the British change their national policy and go all out to develop the army, Franz may feel a little pressure.As for other countries, one of them is scum.

Just look at the second-ranked Russians. All the arcane equipment is completely equipped by the Shinra Army, and they will follow suit in a few years.

The bureaucrats of the tsarist government are very experienced in this regard. Every time the Russian army changed its outfit, it was in time for the retirement of the Austrian army's weapons.

It happens that you can buy second-hand equipment with the new goods budget, and the difference in the middle price is the profit. In this regard, the two parties have a very tacit understanding.

Every time the Austrian army retires weapons and equipment, it will be a few years before the end of its service life to ensure that these second-hand goods can still be used normally for some years.

The bureaucrats earned blood, and the officers and soldiers of the Russian army also benefited.I finally got rid of the shoddy domestic products. Although they are all second-hand products, their performance is even more reliable than the new domestic products!

On the one hand, there are new equipment that are stupid, black and thick, with constant failures, and may explode at any time; on the other hand, second-hand equipment that is [-]% to [-]% new, stable in performance, and high in safety. This multiple-choice question is easy to do.

In the tsarist government, this is almost an open secret, except for the great tsarist majesty, everyone who should know and everyone who should not know know it.

Even though someone wanted to pierce the window paper, after considering the actual situation, they finally decided to give up.

It's not because of fear of death, but mainly because of the safety considerations of Russian soldiers.If capitalists and bureaucrats are not allowed to play the reselling game, they will have to make money directly from the production process.

After these people's magical operation, the Russian military industry, which is not very good at all, can only rely on God's blessing whether the products produced in the end can still be used.

You know, before the reselling campaign started, many of the Russian army's shells had to be re-polished and processed on site, otherwise they wouldn't fit in.

How good is this situation now? Anyway, the Russian army has learned from the Austrian army in an all-round way, and the weapons and equipment are the same. As long as you are not a professional, you will never see any difference on the surface.

Even if the weapons are found to be a little old, it can be said that they have recently strengthened their training and the equipment is too worn.

Whether others believe it or not, His Majesty the Great Tsar did.Many inspections of the military camps have found no problems with weapons and equipment.

Affected by this, in recent years, the Russian military logistics department and military industrial enterprises have not been less praised by His Majesty the Tsar.

The full localization of weapons and equipment, even though the production line was imported from the Holy Roman Empire, is also a remarkable achievement.

For this goal, the original time and space, the tsarist government has been struggling until its demise, but it has not been able to achieve it.This great goal was not realized until the open Soviet Union went online.

The second child is like this, let alone the third child behind.Not to mention the issue of the gap, the key is that the world's third largest army power is directly absent.

For no other reason than to be unqualified.

Whether it is the declining Spanish Army or the pocket version of the British Army, they have nothing to do with the "Army Power".

If you simply look at combat effectiveness and don't consider the bonus brought by national strength and numbers, then Switzerland deserves it.

But to rank Switzerland as the third largest military power in the world, no matter how you look at it, it makes people think this is a joke?

After kicking out of Switzerland, the army with good combat effectiveness is Belgium.Undoubtedly, the same problem is "too small" to support the banner of a "powerful country".

In the future, it seems that the Nordic Federation also has some strength, but in recent decades there has been no outstanding record performance, and the only appearance is Denmark.

It's a pity that I was unlucky. I met Prussia in the glory period, and the defeat was miserable.If the Nordic Federation is at this level, it obviously has nothing to do with the "army power".

After taking inventory of the European continent, it is even more impossible to look overseas.

Although the United States and the Confederate States, which have relatively good national strength, are stronger than the American soldiers in the original time and space because of their mutual confrontation, this "strength" is also very limited.

Whether it is weapons and equipment or the quality of officers and soldiers, they are far behind the average level of the European world.

Although the rising Japanese army has a good will to fight, its weapons and equipment and training are lagging behind, and the quality of its officers is not up to standard.

"Unqualified", this is the evaluation given by Franz.

For no other reason, the influence of Bushido thought is too deep.This kind of officer's subjective consciousness is too strong and lacks the ability to think rationally.

What kind of officers can bring out what kind of soldiers.This kind of army naturally has no problem when bullying the weak; if it encounters a strong enemy, this weakness will be very fatal.

Taking the European War as an example, the French commander buried tens of thousands of French soldiers under machine guns because of a wrong perception.

If the generals like "Nogi Xidian" were replaced, perhaps the death would not be tens of thousands, but the question of the tens of thousands left in the French army.

Of course, if the French army was so willing to die, the Allied Rhine defense line would never be able to support the arrival of reinforcements.It is still no problem to burn the flames of war to the heart of the German region.

However, it is necessary to pile up a passage with millions of lives. It is estimated that the French army will mutiny before the strategy is completed.

Even if there is no mutiny, there will be heavy casualties in the early stage, and subsequent wars will be impossible to fight.

After all, not every country has an infinite population to consume.Millions of soldiers were killed in one battle, and there was no way to continue the subsequent battles.

Such an officer is actually the most suitable to enter the British army and then command the Indian colonial army.As long as the Indian colonial army can work hard, most of the enemies can be piled to death, and becoming a "war god" is not a dream.

After a detailed count, you will find that: the number of fighters is not enough; the number of fighters is not enough; the number and combat power are not enough, and there are hidden dangers in the command system.

After Russia and Austria, there is actually no army power anymore.

Competitors are so "powerful", it doesn't matter whether they will be stimulated or not.Even if a country is stimulated to go all out to govern and strive to become stronger, it must first complete industrialization.

Since the advent of aircraft and tanks, military production has reached the 3.0 era. Without sufficient industrial background support, even the best weapon design cannot be implemented.

……

Just when the political leaders of various countries were stimulated, a shocking deception spread from Vienna to all over the world.

Mr. Rivera, who had cheated the first pot of gold, did not run away with the money. Instead, he made persistent efforts to make "his own great strategic plan" bigger and stronger.

Judging from the current situation alone, Rivera is an excellent entrepreneur.Profound knowledge, great eloquence, high self-confidence, "lofty" ideals, down-to-earth... and a series of excellent qualities.

No kidding, the narcissistic Rivera now has "high ideals."

Not only do they want to make a fortune by themselves, but they also plan to bring investors to make a fortune together, to break the economic monopoly of the consortium, and to build a "utopian economic system."

In order to achieve this goal, Rivera is still looking for like-minded people, building a professional investment team, and formulating a strict business investment plan.

After receiving the investment, Rivera did not spend a lot of money, except for the loan to the Spanish government and normal staff salaries.

Instead, he started buying, buying and buying. He first bought a 2.1% stake in the Austrian Electric Power Company, followed by a 3.3% stake in the Austrian Automobile Group, and then a 1.9% stake in the Suez Canal...